Updated September 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM EDT

Two bills to fund the government have failed in the Senate, leaving Congress careening toward a shutdown with hours to go before a midnight deadline.

Democratic and Republican leaders remain at an impasse over funding negotiations and expiring health care subsidies. Each party backed their own short-term funding bill to avert a shutdown Tuesday, but neither could win enough support from across the aisle to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to pass.

Senate Democrats have refused to back the Republican bill — which the House passed narrowly earlier this month — in an effort to force Republicans to negotiate on federal health care subsidies. Their bill included an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the

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